To celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee the world's most luxurious corner shop, Harrods, commissioned 31 designers from the worlds of fashion, beauty, jewellery and cuisine to each create an elaborate crown in Her Majesty's honour.

The results from names including Sir Paul Smith, Mulberry, Valentino, Lanvin,
De Beers
and William Curley went on display in the store's Brompton Road windows yesterday alondgside the store's patriotic façade lined with Union Flags.

To mark the project, Harrods also commissioned this short documentary film, which gives a unique insight behind-the-scenes with the artisans behind many of the designs.

"We are delighted to be flying the British flag in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne," Harrods' store image director Mark Briggs told us, "Harrods is proud of its British heritage and working with a host of world-class brands is the perfect way for the store to celebrate this momentous occasion."

No doubt Harrods' new owners
Qatar Holdings
, will be hoping that their rather magnificent tribute to Her Majesty will help heal the rift between the store and the Royal family sparked by former owner Mohammed Al Fayed, which ended in the Royal family withdrawing their four, long-held warrants from the store's exterior.